Phoenix Fibula

“Ash and gold in one pin.”

• Rarity: Epic
• Metal: Gold
• Kind: Jewellery and dress fittings
• Set: The Nesting Ground

Where to find the Phoenix Fibula

The Phoenix Fibula is one of the epic artefacts buried in FieldHunters, a free online metal detecting game. Hunters sweep a shared field with a metal detector, follow the signal and dig — and epic pieces like this one are among the rarest things that come out of the ground. There is no way to buy it: it has to be dug up.

The The Nesting Ground set

A rise the birds return to — and so did people, every spring.

The pieces of this set:

• Crown of Leaves Fragment · Legendary
• Cuckoo Clock Button · Uncommon
• Egg Cup Sherd · Common
• Lapwing Egg Pendant · Rare
• Nesting-Box Hinge · Common
• Phoenix Fibula · Epic
• Songbird Bell · Common
• Swallow Pin · Uncommon

About jewellery and dress fittings

Brooches, fibulae, pendants, torcs and amulets were both fashion and function: they fastened clothes, showed status and, often, were believed to protect the wearer. The torc, a rigid twisted neck ring, was a mark of high rank among Iron Age peoples. Fibulae — ancient safety-pin brooches — changed style so often that archaeologists use them to date the sites they are found on.

More epic artefacts

• Posy Ring
• Powder Flask Cap
• Reliquary Hinge
• Samhain Reliquary Cross
• Sceptre of Thutmose
• Signet of Office

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